Learn how to make a lovely, invigorating, exfoliating, loofah soap easily with these step-by-step instructions. Your skin will feel smoother and fresher after you make, and use, your own loofah soap!
Homemade Exfoliating Loofah Soap
As you all know, I love homemade soaps! It is pretty easy to make your own homemade soap. You can get fancy with them, leave them plain and homespun, try making soaps that will help a particular skin ailment (dry skin, flaking skin, oily skin, etc). The possibilities are endless when you make and use your own soaps.
Many (most) people who make their own soap do so because they like to know exactly what is going in their soap, and onto their skin. The scent (or lack of) has a lot to do with it too. Unless you are making say, rose petal soap, the scents chosen should be more to please your sniffer or to create a certain mood than to follow any soap making recipe faithfully. Please note that if you are following a mood-setting recipe, you should use that combination.
Homemade Exfoliating Loofah Soap Notes:
● This is the soap mold used in this tutorial. You can use any soap mold where the loofah will sit flat, however.
● Be sure to use soap colorant (soap dye) and not food coloring when making soaps.
● You can add more or less soap dye/colorant to make the colors deeper or pale.
● You can use any colorant color of your choice.
● You can add more essential oils for a stronger scent.
● Tip: I like to allow my soap to harden so I keep them unwrapped on a shelf in the linen closet. The closet smells pretty good too! The scent will dissipate this way, so add more essential oil if you plan to store your soap open on wire racks (shelving).
A few words about the essential oils being used:
● Ylang Ylang Essential Oil – This oil is fantastic for your skin! With anti-aging and antiseptic properties, it is purported to reduce skin irritations, balances oily skin, and may help with acne and eczema.
● Rose Essential Oil – This oil is known for its astringent and anti-inflammatory properties and may help reduce acne and redness in the skin. It is a feel-good moisturizer.
● Tea Tree Essential Oil – This oil is used for its anti-microbial and astringent properties.
Homemade Exfoliating Loofah Soap Materials:
● 1-2 pounds Clear Glycerin Soap
● 1-2 Loofah Sponges
● 3 TBSP Coconut Oil
● 1 TBSP Aloe Vera Gel
● 10 drops Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
● 10 drops Rose Essential Oil
● 10 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
● Soap Coloring or Mica Powder
● Microwave Safe Bowl
● Knife
● Cutting Board
● Soap Mold
● Spray bottle of Rubbing Alcohol
Homemade Exfoliating Loofah Soap Directions:
Step 1: Melt soap base in a microwave for 30 seconds. Stir and repeat until completely melted.
Step 2: While the soap base is melting, cut your loofah into pieces to fit into your soap mold. Place cut pieces of the loofah to lay flat in the mold.
Steps 3-4: Add 3 tablespoons of coconut oil and one tablespoon of aloe vera gel to bowl.
Step 5: Add 10 drops Ylang Ylang Essential Oil.
Step 6: Add 10 drops Rose Essential Oil.
Step 7: Add 10 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil.
Steps 8-9: Add soap coloring. Mix until coloring is well incorporated. Add as much or as little as you like in the colors of your choice. Generally, the more color added, the deeper the color.
Step 10: Pour soap mixture into soap mold on top of the loofah pieces.
Step 11: Spray rubbing alcohol to get rid of any air bubbles.
Step 12: Allow to harden overnight. Remove carefully and store in an airtight container or Ziploc bag. This loofah soap is fantastic for exfoliating, cleaning and moisturizing your skin!
Homemade Exfoliating Loofah Soap
Homemade Exfoliating Loofah Soap. Learn how to make a lovely, invigorating, exfoliating, loofah soap easily with these step-by-step instructions. Your skin will feel smoother and fresher after you make, and use, your own loofah soap!
Materials
Tools
- Soap Mold
- Spray bottle of rubbing alcohol
- Knife
- Cutting Board
Instructions
- Melt soap base in a microwave for 30 seconds. Stir and repeat until completely melted.
- While the soap base is melting, cut your loofah into pieces to fit into your soap mold. Place cut pieces of the loofah to lay flat in the mold.
- Add 3 tablespoons of coconut oil and one tablespoon of aloe vera gel to bowl.
- Add 10 drops Ylang Ylang Essential Oil.
- Add 10 drops Rose Essential Oil.
- Add 10 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil.
- Add soap coloring. Mix until coloring is well incorporated. Add as much or as little as you like in the colors of your choice. Generally, the more color added, the deeper the color.
- Pour soap mixture into soap mold on top of the loofah pieces.
- Spray rubbing alcohol to get rid of any air bubbles.
- Allow to harden overnight. Remove carefully and store in an airtight container or Ziploc bag. This loofah soap is fantastic for exfoliating, cleaning and moisturizing your skin!
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Please remember that none of this is meant as medical advice. I am not a doctor and do not play one on the internet. Please consult a physician if you have any questions about using essential oils or making soap so your doctor can better explain to you the benefits, possible side effects, and any warnings about essential oils or soapmaking.
If you would like more homemade soap recipes, check these out:
● How to Make Soap on a Rope – This wonderful step by step tutorial on how to make soap on a rope will have you making your own soaps on a rope fast! Make with essential oils; this homemade soap recipe is highly customizable in looks and scent. These homemade essential oil soaps on a rope make for great gifts, fun favors for showers, or are perfect in the guest bathroom.
● DIY Lemon Poppy Seed Soap: Homemade Soap Recipe – Making your own soap is fast, fun and easy. This lemon poppyseed soap recipe is easy enough for soap making beginners. If you are looking for a new and unusual soap recipe to make at home, this lemon poppyseed soap recipe is it!
● Make Your Own Orange Creamsicle Soap – Making your own soap is fast, fun and easy. This terrific recipe for Orange Creamsicle Soap smells fantastic and feels wonderful on your skin. If you enjoy a zesty citrus scent, follow these easy tutorial instructions to learn how to make Orange Creamsicle Soap!
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Debra says
My son-in-law is highly allergic to coconut anything. Is there another oil I can use? I want to make some skin soothing soap for my daughter who is going through chemo treatment right now.
Ann says
Hi Debra,
While I have not used them to make this soap, some base oil suggestions that may work would be Sweet Almond Oil or Avocado Oil. The homemade soap guild has a nice description of the various base oils and what they offer each soap when made with that oil.
Best wishes for your daughters good health. My she recover fully and well, and never have to go through chemo again.
Ann
Beth Summersett says
Hi Ann. This tutorial is very helpful and very much appreciated, thank you. You may have already been notified of this, but your link to coconut oil actually shows a dog’s anti barking device. No biggie, but I thought if you are making commissions on your links you might want to check it out? I’m purchasing everything else you’ve linked but had to look elsewhere for the coconut oil . Again, thank you, I loved your tutorial and look forward to many more.
Beth S